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Connor Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$4.6MHealth$2.8MPhilanthropy$2.4MReligion$711kEnvironment$706kEmployment$561kEducation$526kFood & Nutrition$439kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $600k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$41M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEMS$500,000
TWO FOUNDATION$200,000
CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION$200,000
GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK$100,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$100,000
MINDS MATTER CLEVELAND$25,000
ST ALOYSIUS AGATHA CHURCH$20,000
CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY$10,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$2,400
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $49k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Adaptive Community Approach Program: $3k → 5%Adaptive Community Approach Program: $3k → 5%The Gathering Place: $5k → 17%The Gathering Place: $5k → 17%The Gathering Place: $5k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $5k → 17%The Gathering Place: $5k → 17%The Gathering Place: $5k → 17%The Gathering Place: $5k → 17%Cleveland Peacemakers Inc: $5k → 17%Cornerstone of Hope: $5k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MA
OH
CA
VA
TN
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 57 repeat orgs$312k to everyone else

57 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 49 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
38

Total granted

$11M
$310k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+56%

Still filing today

54%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentFood & NutritionEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TR
    THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $4.1M · revenue +80%
  • TF
    TWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $510k · revenue +418%
  • GC
    GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $417k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • WA
    Welsh Academy
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • CP
    Cleveland Public Library Fd
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cleveland Museum of Art

The mission of the cleveland museum of art (cma) is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums and as one of northeastern ohio's principal civic and cultural institutions. the museum,…

Arts & Culture
2
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning

Cal champions creative learning, drives educational innovation, and transforms lives through collaborative efforts involving teaching artists, students, educators, and communities.

Education
3
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
4
Cleveland Leadership Center

The mission of cleveland leadership center (the organization) is to build a continuum of civic leaders committed to our community's excellence by serving as a catalyst for civic engagement. the organization achieves its mission by…

Education
5
Cleveland Institute of Music

The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.

Education
6
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
7
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
8
Greater Columbus Arts Council

Mission: to champion and elevate the arts and cultural expression of greater columbus.vision: power of art realized. people engaged. city energized.

Arts & Culture
9
The Cleveland Modern Dance Association

To be a national model for how a presenting organization serves its community, leveraging the worlds best modern and contemporary dance to inspire and educate audiences, local dancers, and community members.

—
10
The Cleveland Music School Settlement

To welcome all to our music and arts community to learn, create, celebrate and heal.

Arts & Culture
11
The Cleveland Institute of Art

The mission statement of the cleveland institute of art is as follows: to cultivate creative leaders who inspire people, strengthen communities, and contribute to a thriving and sustainable economy through an innovative education in art…

Education
12
The City Club of Cleveland

The city club of cleveland's mission is to create conversations of consequence that help democracy thrive. we do this in pursuit of our vision of strong, informed individuals and communities that prize freedom of speech and civil, civic…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Greater Cleveland; the most unlike its peers is Contemporary Youth Orchestra. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

56 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 56 of the 99 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/56
Grantees still filing
42/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University Hospitals Health Systems: $2,529,244 · OtherUniversity Hospitals Health SystemsCHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION: $425,000 · OtherCHURCH OF THE RESURRECTIONAMERICAN RED CROSS: $252,000 · OtherSt Aloysius Agatha Church: $180,000 · Other+71 more: $1,566,770 · Other+71 moreTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $4,053,800 · Arts & CultureTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND M…+12 more: $221,450 · Arts & CultureFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,328,611 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENT…+2 more: $41,000 · Community ImprovementCONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK: $561,500 · EnvironmentWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $127,440 · EnvironmentTWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUE: $510,000 · EmploymentVOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES: $51,000 · EmploymentGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $417,000 · Food & NutritionSPICE FIELD KITCHEN INC: $21,750 · Food & NutritionSaint Martin de Porres High School: $100,000 · EducationVALUES-IN-ACTION FOUNDATION: $65,000 · Education
Other$4,953,014Arts & Culture$4,275,250Community Improvement$2,369,611Environment$688,940Employment$561,000Food & Nutrition$438,750Education$165,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $4,053,800 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,328,611 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK: $561,500 over 7y, 11% of budgetTWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUE: $510,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $417,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $127,440 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $110,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSaint Martin de Porres High School: $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUSS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetLAND STUDIO INC: $70,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetPlayhouse Square Foundation: $66,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVALUES-IN-ACTION FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetVOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES: $51,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetINMOTION: $50,300 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetFSHD SOCIETY: $40,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CLEVELAND: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE: $33,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCLEVELAND PLATFORM TENNIS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetCONTEMPORARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA: $30,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetOPEN DOORS INC: $27,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSPICE FIELD KITCHEN INC: $21,750 over 3y, 15% of budgetACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN: $21,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND BALLET: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTRANSFORMATIONS BY CLEVELAND ANGELS: $13,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetVALLEY ART CENTER INC: $10,750 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthwest Community Health Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF CLEVELAND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLIFEACT: $10,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF CLEVELAND: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHOPE FOR KIDS GEAUGA: $6,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetCLEVELAND PEACEMAKERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSARASOTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetADAPTIVE COMMUNITY APPROACH PROGRAM INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE-GEAUGA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWomankind Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MAYO SOCIETY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $3,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetHOPEWELL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND ARTS PRIZE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKARAMU HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEAUGA GROWTH PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK ↗
  • Who funds TWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUE ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Saint Martin de Porres High School ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds USS CLEVELAND LEGACY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LAND STUDIO INC ↗
  • Who funds Playhouse Square Foundation ↗
  • Who funds VALUES-IN-ACTION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds INMOTION ↗
  • Who funds FSHD SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE GATHERING PLACE ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND PLATFORM TENNIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONTEMPORARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOORS INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Cleveland Foundat…The Char and Chuck Fo…The Kelvin & Eleanor …The Reinberger Founda…The Swagelok Foundati…The George Gund Found…John P Murphy Foundat…The Lozick Family Fou…Jewish Federation of …B Charles and Jay G A…The Helen F & Louis S…Sullivan Family Fund
The Cleveland FoundationOH67.6× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · John P Murphy Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · B Charles and Jay G Ames Foundation · The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation · Sullivan Family Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Connor Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Connor Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 99 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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